Digital economy: transport management and intelligent transportation systems

Abstract

In recent years Russian Federation is on the way to the digital economy development. This term was introduced in 1995 by the American computer scientist N. Negroponte. However, until now, the opinions of scientists disagree about the exact interpretation of this concept. Aggregated term was suggested later by Academician Kleiner, who defined the digital economy as a state of the environment where information technologies are the result which includes objects of virtual reality, data, knowledge, models. The key parameter of the digital economy is the forecast of the future state of economical environment. A necessary condition for the transition to a digital economy is a qualitative change in the environment, which must correspond to the digital nature of the economy. At the same time, digitalization remains an important issue in specific sectors of the economy, in particular in the field of transport and logistics. Obviously, digital transport and logistics will require a different management approach, which not only takes into account technological aspects, but also focuses on the customer more than ever before. This forms the prerequisites for creating a digital service of the 21st century, a customer-oriented economy on demand in the digital reality. This study’s purpose is to examine main conceptuals of digital transport and logistics in Russia, identify the advanced trends of transport digitalization typical for the present time, analysis of intelligent transport systems. This article emphasizes exceptional role of the intelligent transportation systems in the matter of providing high level of freight forwarding services, what applies equally to both passenger and freight traffic.